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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, clarifies, for purposes of criminal offenses relative to threats of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity or failing to report such threats, that a threat of mass violence is credible if the threat causes another to reasonably expect the commission of an act of mass violence. - Amends TCA Title 39."
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description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, clarifies, for purposes of criminal offenses relative to threats of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity or failing to report such threats, that a threat of mass violence is credible if the threat causes another to reasonably expect the commission of an act of mass violence. - Amends TCA Title 39."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "SB 591"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 591 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Haile"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-30"
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last_action: "2026-04-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2aeba584-3abf-400c-a787-b1a0f8cdb97b"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0591&ga=114"
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source_hash: "c3cf0b7a8f03a9c51a8c5da583fbc1ca6075edef4d55a62e81ad4baddc23c07c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 591 (114) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, clarifies, for purposes of criminal offenses relative to threats of mass violence on school property or at a school-related activity or failing to report such threats, that a threat of mass violence is credible if the threat causes another to reasonably expect the commission of an act of mass violence. - Amends TCA Title 39.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0997** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0997.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0007** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0007.pdf)
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3. **Amendment SA0831** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0831.pdf)
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4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0591.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2026 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/23/2026 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/25/2025 Passed (2) — **5–4** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/6/2026 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Haile — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2025-02-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/18/2025
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- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-18** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 2/25/2025
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- **2025-02-19** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/25/2025
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- **2025-02-25** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2026-02-23** Refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
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- **2026-02-23** Recalled from Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2026-02-25** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/3/2026
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- **2026-03-03** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/17/2026
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- **2026-03-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/16/2026
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- **2026-03-16** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
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- **2026-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 3/17/2026
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- **2026-03-17** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
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- **2026-03-18** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/23/2026
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- **2026-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2026-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026
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- **2026-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-04-06** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 5 `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0997) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2026-04-06** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2026-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0831)
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- **2026-04-06** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0007)
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- **2026-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2026-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-04-15** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-28** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
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- **2026-04-28** Pub. Ch. 780
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2aeba584-3abf-400c-a787-b1a0f8cdb97b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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